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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 May;53(4):464-473.
doi: 10.1007/s10597-017-0086-y. Epub 2017 Jan 27.

The Effects of Psychoeducation on the Expressed Emotion and Family Functioning of the Family Members in First-Episode Schizophrenia

Emine Öksüz  1 , Semra Karaca  2 , Gülten Özaltın  2 , Mehmet Alpay Ateş  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effects of Psychoeducation on the Expressed Emotion and Family Functioning of the Family Members in First-Episode Schizophrenia

Emine Öksüz et al. Community Ment Health J. 2017 May.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the psychoeducation received by the family members of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia on the expressed emotion (EE) and the family functioning of the family members. This study has a quasi-experimental design with a control group. The sample of the study was 60 family members (30 experimental -30 control) of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia. The experimental group received 9 weeks of psychoeducation as a group. EE and family functioning were assessed at the beginning and at the end of the psychoeducation program. EE criticism/hostility and over involvement-protecting-intervention levels of the family members have decreased at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05). Family functioning has changed too at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05), and assessed as more healthy. Consequently, early psychoeducational groups may be effective in decreasing EE level and improving the family functioning for a family member of patient with first-episode schizophrenia.

Keywords: Expressed emotion; Family functioning; First-episode schizophrenia; Psychoeducation.

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